May 2003 H-1-5245t

TECHNICAL DATA /

EASTMAN EXR 50D Film /

5245, 7245
EASTMAN EXR 50D Film / 5245 (35 mm), 7245 (16 mm)
is a low-speed daylight-balanced color negative camera film
with micro-fine grain, very high sharpness, and high
resolving power. It features wide exposure latitude and
accurate tone reproduction. The emulsion contains a
colored-coupler mask for good color reproduction in release
prints.

BASE
EASTMAN EXR 50D Films 5245 and 7245 have a clear
acetate safety base with rem-jet backing.

EXPOSURE INDEXES
Daylight50 Tungsten (3200 K)112
Use these indexes with incident- or reflected-light
exposure meters and cameras marked for ISO or ASA speeds
or exposure indexes. These indexes apply for meter readings
of average subjects made from the camera position or for
readings made from a gray card of 18-percent reflectance
held close to and in front of the subject. For unusually lightor dark-colored subjects, decrease or increase the exposure
indicated by the meter accordingly.

COLOR BALANCE
DARKROOM RECOMMENDATIONS
Do not use a safelight. Handle unprocessed film in total
darkness.

These films are balanced for exposure with daylight. For

other light sources, use the correction filters in the table
below.
Light Source

KODAK Filters on
Camera 1

Tungsten (3200 K)

WRATTEN Gelatin
No. 80A

12

Tungsten (3200 K)

None

50

WRATTEN Gelatin
No. 80A

12

Daylight (5500 K)

None

50

White-Flame Arcs

Color Compensating
20Y + 10C

32

Yellow-Flame Arcs

WRATTEN Gelatin
No. 80A

12

OPTIMA 32

WRATTEN Gelatin
No. 80A

12

STORAGE
Store unexposed film at 13C (55F) or lower. For extended
storage, store at -18C (0F) or lower. Process exposed film
promptly. Store processed film according to the
recommendations in ANSI/PIMA IT9.11-1998: for
medium-term storage (minimum of ten years), store at
10C (50F) or lower at a relative humidity of 20 to 30
percent; for extended-term storage (for preservation of
material having permanent value), store at 2C (35F) or
lower at a relative humidity of 20 to 30 percent. For active
use, store at 25C (77F) or lower, at a relative humidity of
50 +/- 5 percent. This relates to optimized film handling
rather than preservation; static, dust-attraction and
curl-related problems are generally minimized at the higher
relative humidity. After usage, the film should be returned to
the appropriate medium- or long-term storage conditions as
soon as possible.
For more information about medium- and long-term
storage, see ANSI/PIMA IT9.11-1998,
SMPTE RP131-2002, and KODAK Publications No. H-1,
KODAK Motion Picture Film available online at http://
www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/support/h1, and No. H-23,
The Book of Film Care.

Tungsten
photoflood
(3400 K)

VITALITE

Exposure Index

None

50

Fluorescent, Cool
White2

Color Compensating
20M + 10B

32

Fluorescent,
Deluxe Cool
White2

Color Compensating
30B + 10C

20

Metal Halide

None

50

These are approximate corrections only. Make final corrections during

printing.
2 These are starting-point recommendations for trial exposures. If the kind
of lamp is unknown, a KODAK Color Compensating Filter 20M can be
used with an exposure index (EI) of 20.

Note: Consult the manufacturer of high-intensity ultraviolet

lamps for safety information on ultraviolet radiation and
ozone generation.

1.With a KODAK WRATTEN Gelatin Filter No. 80A.

Eastman Kodak Company, 2003

EXPOSURE TABLE - TUNGSTEN LIGHT

LABORATORY AIM DENSITIES (LAD)

At 24 frames per second (fps), 170-degree shutter opening:

To maintain optimum quality and consistency in the final

prints, the laboratory must carefully control the color timing,
printing, and duplicating procedures. To aid in color timing
and curve placement, negative originals should be timed
relative to Laboratory Aim Density (LAD) Control Film
supplied by Eastman Kodak Company.2 The LAD Control
Film provides both objective sensitometric control and
subjective verification of the duplicating procedures used by
the laboratory.
In the LAD Control Method,3 the electronic color analyzer
used for color timing is set-up with the LAD Control Film to
produce a gray video display of the LAD patch,
corresponding to 1.0 neutral density (gray) on the print. The
negative printing original is then scene-to-scene timed.
There are specific LAD values for each type of print or
duplicating film that the original can be printed on. For print
films, the LAD patch is printed to a neutral gray of 1.0 visual
density. For duplicating films, the specified aims are at the
center of the usable straight-line portion of the sensitometric
curve of the film.
Due to normal variations in exposure and processing of
color negative films, particular scenes may not print exactly
at the same printer lights as the LAD Control Film. The LAD
Control Film is intended as a set-up tool for electronic color
analyzers and printers. It is NOT a reference that every scene
must match. Normal film-to-film and scene-to-scene
exposure variability is accommodated by the color timing
(grading) process, on an electronic color analyzer set up with
the LAD Control Film. Normally exposed and processed
color negatives will typically print well within the range of
an additive printer set up with the LAD Control Film,
although SIGNIFICANT or UNEXPECTED departures
from this center point balance may indicate an exposure/
filtration problem with the cinematography or with the
process control. Some specialized films and/or specialized
negative processing techniques (push-processing,
pull-processing, "skip-bleach" processing, etc.) may require
more extreme adjustment from the LAD printing condition
to attain desired results.
More information is contained in KODAK Publication
H-61, Laboratory Aim Density, available online at:
http://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/support/h61/.

Lens
Aperture
Footcandles
Required

f/1.4

f/2

f/2.8

f/4

f/5.6

50

100

200

400

800

f/8

f/11

f/16

1600 3200 6400

Use this table for average subjects that contain a

combination of light, medium, and dark colors. When a
subject includes only pastels, use at least 12 stop less
exposure; dark colors require 12 stop more exposure.

Lighting Contrast The recommended ratio of key-light-plus-fill-light to fill

light is 2:1 or 3:1. However, you may use 4:1 or greater
when a particular look is desired.

RECIPROCITY CHARACTERISTICS
You do not need to make any filter corrections or exposure
adjustments for exposure times from 1/1000 to 1 second.

PROCESSING
Process in Process ECN-2.
Most commercial motion-picture laboratories provide a
processing service for these films. See KODAK Publication
No. H-24.07, Processing KODAK Color Negative Motion
Picture Films, Module 7 available online at http://
www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/support/processing/
h24m7.shtml, for more information on the solution formulas
and the procedure for machine processing these films. There
are also pre-packaged kits available for preparing the
processing solutions. For more information on the
EASTMAN ECN-2 Kit Chemicals, check Kodak's Motion
Picture Films for Professional Use price catalog.

IDENTIFICATION
After processing, the product code numbers 5245 (35 mm) or
7245 (16 mm), emulsion and roll number identification,
KEYKODE numbers, and internal product symbol (KK) are
visible along the length of the film.

2.Direct any inquiries to one of the regional sales offices.

3.Use of the LAD Control Method is described in the paper, "A Simplified
Motion-Picture Laboratory Control Method for Improved Color
Duplication," by John P. Pytlak and Alfred W. Fleischer in the October
1976 SMPTE Journal.

EASTMAN EXR 50D Film / 5245, 7245 H-1-5245t

FILM-TO-VIDEO TRANSFERS

CURVES

When you transfer the film directly to video, you can set up
the telecine using KODAK Telecine Analysis Film (TAF)
supplied by Eastman Kodak Company. The TAF consists of
a neutral density scale and an eight-bar color test pattern with
a LAD gray surround.
The TAF gray scale provides the telecine operator
(colorist) with an effective way to adjust subcarrier balance
and to center the telecine controls before timing and
transferring a film. The TAF color bars provide the utility of
electronic color bars, even though they do not precisely
match the electronically generated color bars. Using the TAF
will help obtain optimum quality and consistency in the
film-to-video transfer. For more information regarding TAF,
see KODAK Publication No. H-9, TAF User's Guide.

Characteristic Curves
-6

-4

Camera Stops
-2
0
2

2.0
1.0
0.0
LOG EXPOSURE (lux-seconds)

1.0

3.0
Exposure: Daylight 1/50 sec
Process: ECN-2
Densitometry: Status M

DENSITY

2.0

1.0

IMAGE STRUCTURE
The modulation-transfer and diffuse rms granularity curves
were generated from samples of 5245 Film exposed with
tungsten light and processed as recommended in Process
ECN-2 chemicals. For more information on image-structure
characteristics, see KODAK Publication No. H-1, KODAK
Motion Picture Film available online at http://
www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/support/h1.

R
0.0

4.0

3.0

F010_0261AC

The curves describe this film's response to red, green, and

blue light. Sensitometric curves determine the change in
density on the film for a given change in log exposure.4

MTF
The "perceived" sharpness of any film depends on various
components of the motion picture production system. The
camera and projector lenses and film printers, among other
factors, all play a role. But the specific sharpness of a film
can be measured and charted in the Modulation Transfer
Curve.

2.0

Modulation Transfer Curves

200
100
70
50

rms Granularity:
Refer to curve.
Read with a microdensitometer, (red, green, blue) using a
48-micrometer aperture.
The "perception" of the graininess of any film is highly
dependent on scene content, complexity, color, and density.
Other factors, such as film age, processing, exposure
conditions, and telecine transfer may also have significant
effects.

RESPONSE (%)

30
20

10
7
5

G
R

3
2

1
1

3 4 5

10

20

50

100

200

600

SPATIAL FREQUENCY (cycles/mm)

F002_0586AC

This graph shows a measure of the visual sharpness of this

film. The x-axis, "Spatial Frequency," refers to the number
of sine waves per millimeter that can be resolved. The y-axis,
"Response," corresponds to film sharpness. The longer and
flatter the line, the more sine waves per millimeter that can
be resolved with a high degree of sharpnessand, the
sharper the film.
4.NOTE: Sensitometric and Diffuse RMS Granularity curves are
produced on different equipment. A slight variation in curve shape may be
notice.

EASTMAN EXR 50D Film / 5245, 7245 H-1-5245t

Diffuse RMS Granularity Curves

Spectral Dye Density Curves

1.8

4.0

Typical densities for a midscale

neutral subject and D-min.
Process: ECN-2

Process: ECN-2
1.6

DENSITY

G
2.0
.100

.050
.040
.030
.020

1.0

G
R
0.0

.010
.008
.006
.005
.004

GRANULARITY SIGMA D

.003

F002_0590AC

To find the rms Granularity value for a given density, find

the density on the left vertical scale and follow horizontally
to the characteristic curve and then go vertically (up or
down) to the granularity curve. At that point, follow
horizontally to the Granularity Sigma D scale on the right.
Read the number and multiply by 1000 for the rms value.
Note: This curve represents granularity based on modified
measuring technique.4
Spectral Sensitivity Curves
2.0

LOG SENSITIVITY *

1.0

Effective Exposure: 0.15 second

Process: ECN-2
Density:
0.40 above
YellowD-min
Densitometry: Forming
Layer
Status M

1.2

Midscale
Neutral

1.0
0.8

Minimum
Density

0.6
0.4
0.2
0.0

.002
.001

RELATIVE LOG EXPOSURE

DIFFUSE SPECTRAL DENSITY

1.4

3.0

MagentaForming
Layer

-0.2
300 350
F010_0260AC

400 450 500

550 600 650

700 750 800

WAVELENGTH (nm)

These curves depict the spectral absorptions of the dyes

formed when the film is processed. They are useful for
adjusting or optimizing any device that scans or prints the
film.
Note: Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow Dye Curves are
peak-normalized.
NOTICE: The sensitometric curves and data in this
publication represent product tested under the conditions of
exposure and processing specified. They are representative
of production coatings, and therefore do not apply directly to
a particular box or roll of photographic material. They do not
represent standards or specifications that must be met by
Eastman Kodak Company. The company reserves the right
to change and improve product characteristics at any time.

CyanForming
Layer

0.0

_
1.0

_
2.0
250

300

350

400

450

500

550

600

650

700 750

WAVELENGTH (nm)
2

*Sensitivity = reciprocal of exposure (ergs/cm ) required

to produce specified density
F002_0588AC

These curves depict the sensitivity of this film to the

spectrum of light. They are useful for determining,
modifying, and optimizing exposure for blue- and
green-screen special-effects work.

EASTMAN EXR 50D Film / 5245, 7245 H-1-5245t

STANDARD PRODUCTS AVAILABLE

Format and
Specification No.

Length
Meters (Feet)

Core

30 (100)

S-83 100-ft. spool

35 mm EXS417

Description

Perforation/Pitch
Metric (Imperial)
BH-4740 (BH-1866)

35 mm EXS718

61 (200)

BH-4740 (BH-1866)

35 mm EXS718

122 (400)

BH-4740 (BH-1866)

35 mm EXS718

305 (1000)

BH-4740 (BH-1866)

35 mm EXS718

610 (2000)

BH-4740 (BH-1866)

16 mm EXS449

30 (100)

R-90 100-ft. spool

2R-7605 (2R-2994)

16 mm EXS450

61 (200)

R-190 200-ft. spool

2R-7605 (2R-2994)

16 mm EXS451

122 (400)

2R-7605 (2R-2994)

16 mm EXS452

366 (1200)

2R-7605 (2R-2994)

16 mm EXS455

30 (100)

R-90 100-ft. spool

Winding B

1R-7605 (1R-2994)

16 mm SP445*

61 (200)

Winding A

1R-7605 (1R-2994)

16 mm EXS457

122 (400)

Winding B

1R-7605 (1R-2994)

16 mm SP458

244 (800)

Winding B

1R-7605 (1R-2994)

65 mm EXS332

305 (1000)

Emulsion In

KS-4740 (KS-1866)

*for

AATON A-MINIMA Cameras

GRAPHS

MORE INFORMATION
Outside the United States and Canada, please contact your Kodak representative.
You can also visit our web site at www.kodak.com/go/motion for further information. You may want to bookmark our location
so you can find us easily the next time.
Films

Cinematographers Field Guide

KODAK Publication No. H-2

Image Structure

KODAK Motion Picture Film

KODAK Publication No. H-1

Specification Numbers

Cinematographers Field Guide

KODAK Publication No. H-2

Storage

KODAK Motion Picture Film

KODAK Publication No. H-1
The Book of Film Care
KODAK Publication No. H-23

LAD

LADLaboratory Aim Density

KODAK Publication No. H-61

Transfer

KODAK Telecine Analysis Film Users Guide

KODAK Publication No. H-822
KODAK Telecine Exposure Calibration Film Users Guide
KODAK Publication No. H-807

EASTMAN EXR 50D Film / 5245, 7245 H-1-5245t

EASTMAN EXR 50D Film / 5245, 7245

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7245
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